Gary's Cookbook
Moong dal Sambar
Ingredient list
Sambar:
- 1 cup - Moong dhal
- 1 medium, - Onion, chopped
- 2 chopped - Tomato
- ½ cup - Peas
- 2 count - Green chillies
- ¼ tsp - Turmeric powder
- Salt – as per taste
- Hing – a pinch
- 2½ cup - Water
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2 - Small brinjal
- 1 - Potato
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1 - Small carrots
- 1 tbsp - Tamarind extract
-
1/8 tsp Asafoetida
- Sambar powder
Seasoning:
- 1 tsp - Oil/ghee
- 1 tsp - Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp - Urad dal
- 1 tsp - Chana dal
- ½ cup - Onion - finely chopped
- one twig - Curry leaves
- ½ cup - Coriander leaves
Preparation
- Pressure cook dal for 3 whistles, mash and keep aside.
- Chop onion, vegetables, tomatoes, slit green chillies.
- Heat kadai/pan with oil/ghee and temper with the items given under ‘Seasoning’
- Add onion and fry till transparent.
- Add the vegetables and tomato together and fry in medium flame for 2 minutes.
- Add little salt while frying for easy cooking of the vegetables.
- Add required water and the tamarind and boil till the vegetables get cooked.
- Add the curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt, asafoetida. Lastly add the sambar powder and bring to boil.
- Add the cooked dal and mix well. Adjust water as needed to get a sambar consistency. Bring to boil and garnish with coriander leaves.
- The sambar is very mild, so perfect for kids,
- Add tamarind less as mentioned, that’s the speciality of this sambar..
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